KR20110010541U - Auto-Loading Apparatus for Book - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic loading device of a booklet, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic loading device of a booklet, which automatically reduces the amount of manpower while maximizing the efficiency of loading work by automatically loading a booklet discharged from a cutting machine. have. In particular, the continuous paper feeding apparatus of the present invention can be used for the automatic loading apparatus used for the production of electronic passports.
According to the present invention, there is a large effect that can reduce the manpower wasted in the work of manually loading the booklet discharged from the cutting machine. In particular, such as an electronic passport cover, the material contains harmful substances harmful to the human body. Since the dust generated from the cutting machine includes these harmful substances, there may be a problem for the health of the worker who loads near the cutting machine. Although the risk was high, according to the present invention, since the automatic loading is made, it is possible to exclude the manpower from the loading operation, thereby eliminating the worker's health problems.
In addition, according to the present invention, by minimizing the probability that mistakes (when the orientation, etc. are loaded incorrectly) or contamination or damage of the booklet caused by manually loading the booklet, it is possible to achieve accurate and rapid loading work Ultimately, there is a great effect that maximizes the efficiency of the loading operation.

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The present invention relates to an automatic loading device of a booklet.

Unlike in the past, the international population is now very active for business, study and tourism. As a result, the use of passports issued to individuals to verify their identity when traveling abroad has led to a sharp increase in resource requirements such as manpower and time required for accurate identification. Meanwhile, the proliferation of international crimes and terrorism has emerged as a serious threat to national security, and security has been strengthened by preventing passport forgery and alteration, and the manpower and time required for passport verification will increase. No efforts have been made to improve this inconvenience when traveling abroad.

An electronic passport (e-Passport, electronic passport) was developed to solve the problems of the conventional passport. In general, an electronic passport is a contactless IC chip that stores identification information and biometric information. Refers to a built-in passport. The basic form of an electronic passport is made of a booklet made of paper, similar to a conventional passport, and can be used like a conventional passport. At this time, the chip embedded in the cover of the electronic passport stores identity information having the same contents as those stored in the existing passport and biometric information which can more reliably confirm the identity.

The introduction of such an electronic passport can maximize the security of the passport by suppressing passport forgery, forgery and passport theft. More specifically, in relation to the suppression of passport forgery and alteration, the chip embedded in the electronic passport contains the information contained in the existing passport one more time, and various security technologies are additionally applied, thereby making it possible to identify the identity information on the passport. It is almost impossible to operate the chip at the same time, and even if it is operated, it is automatically caught during the immigration process. In addition, in the case of suppressing theft of passports, the most frequent passport forgery and alteration of photographs is prevented by double recording of information.In particular, in 2010, fingerprints and passports stored in electronic passports are issued through fingerprint issuance. By comparing the fingerprints of the holders, identity verification and theft suppression functions are further enhanced.

Such an electronic passport is to be produced in the form of a booklet made of paper as described above. The electronic passport produced in the form of a booklet is finally passed through a cutting machine in order to accurately meet the specifications. As such, the cutaway electronic passports are manually gathered using a manpower and stacked in a box.

However, in general, a paper used in an electronic passport is made of a special material in order to be tough and durable and to prevent forgery and alteration. By the way, it is well known that the paper material used for this purpose contains a chemical substance that may be harmful to the human body. Of course, there is no fear that these chemicals will be absorbed into the human body in the e-passport finished product, but a lot of fine paper powder is generated in the process of cutting the e-passport in the cutting machine. It is true that the inhalation of paper dust can not ignore the risk of harm to health.

In addition, the operation of manually loading the e-passport in the box is a waste of resources such as manpower and time, which is a great cause of lowering the e-passport production efficiency. In addition, there is a high possibility of contamination of the electronic passport (hands, etc.) that may occur in the process of carrying out a loading operation directly, or a mistake in the position or direction being misaligned. Accordingly, there has been a constant demand for those skilled in the art to improve the problems caused by manual loading.

Therefore, the present invention is devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the object of the present invention is to automatically load the booklet discharged from the cutting machine to reduce the waste of manpower and at the same time maximize the efficiency of the loading operation In addition, the present invention provides an automatic loading device for booklets. In particular, the continuous paper feeding apparatus of the present invention can be used for the automatic loading apparatus used for the production of electronic passports.

Automatic loading device of the booklet of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the booklet 500 is continuously supplied and stacked until a predetermined amount is predetermined, when the predetermined amount of loading is completed the booklet 500 Stacking means (110) for discharging the stack (510) of lamellas; Transport means 120 formed in the form of a caterpillar is connected to one end of the stacking means 110 to arrange and transport the stack 510 of the booklets 500 discharged from the stacking means 110 at equal intervals ); Conveying means (130) for picking up and conveying the stack (510) of the booklets (500) reached when the stack (510) of the booklets (500) reaches the other end of the conveying means (120); Arrangement means (140) for receiving the stack (510) of the booklets (500) conveyed by the transport means (130) and placing them in a predetermined position; Retracting means (150) for taking the stack (510) of the booklets (500) arranged by the placing means (140) and inserting the stack (510) of the booklets (500) into a stacking box (160); And a control unit.

At this time, the transfer means 120 is a first direction, a vertical direction and the direction perpendicular to the first direction, the transfer direction of the transfer means 120 when the second direction, the Both side surfaces, characterized in that the transfer means guide 121 is formed to extend in parallel with the first direction to prevent separation of the stack 510 of the booklets 500 in the second direction.

In addition, the conveying means 130 is movable along the track 135 when the advancing direction of the conveying means 120 is a first direction, an up-down direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction. And a conveying means main body 131 provided to be movable up and down and a conveying means hand 132 provided on both sides of the conveying means main body 131 symmetrically with each other in parallel with the first direction. The conveying means hand 132 is connected to the conveying means main body 131 with an upper portion provided to be movable along a vertical direction and a first direction, and the conveying means main body 131 along a first direction at a lower portion thereof. It is characterized in that the engaging portion 133 is formed to extend a predetermined interval in the inner direction. At this time, the conveying means 130 is characterized in that the thickness detecting sensor 134 for detecting the thickness of the stack 510 of the booklet 500 on the conveying means body 131. At this time, the thickness sensor 134 is characterized in that implemented as a pressure sensor.

In addition, the disposing means 140 is a disposing means main body fixed on the ground when the advancing direction of the conveying means 120 is a first direction, an up-down direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction. 141 and the arranging means main body 141 are rotatably provided at 90 ° with a second axis as a central axis, and the laminate body 510 of the booklet 500 received from the conveying means 130 is ground. And an arranging means hand 142 disposed thereon. At this time, the disposing means hand 142 is characterized in that it is provided to be 180 degrees rotatable around a direction perpendicular to the second direction.

In addition, the retracting means 150 is connected to the retracting means hand 151 and the retracting means hand 151 for holding the stack 510 of the booklet 500 disposed by the placing means 140 and the And a retraction means robot arm 152 for retracting the stack 510 of the booklet 500 at a predetermined position of the stacking box 160. At this time, the retracting means 150 is disposed on the loading box 160 and the retracting means for guiding the position where the stack 510 of the booklet 500 is loaded by the retracting means robot arm 152. It further comprises a guide 153.

According to the present invention, there is a large effect that can reduce the manpower wasted in the work of manually loading the booklet discharged from the cutting machine. In particular, such as an electronic passport cover, the material contains harmful substances harmful to the human body. Since the dust generated from the cutting machine includes these harmful substances, there may be a problem for the health of the worker who loads near the cutting machine. Although the risk was high, according to the present invention, since the automatic loading is made, it is possible to exclude the manpower from the loading operation, thereby eliminating the worker's health problems.

In addition, according to the present invention, by minimizing the probability that mistakes (when the orientation, etc. are loaded incorrectly) or contamination or damage of the booklet caused by manually loading the booklet, it is possible to achieve accurate and rapid loading work Ultimately, there is a great effect that maximizes the efficiency of the loading operation.

1 is a block diagram of an automatic loading device of the present invention.
2 and 3 are detailed views of the deployment means.
4 is a detail view of the retraction means;

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the automatic loading device of the booklet according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described in detail.

Figure 1 shows the configuration of the automatic loading device of the present invention. As shown, the automatic loading apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a lamination means 110, a conveying means 120, a conveying means 130, a disposing means 140, and a retracting means 150. It is done by In FIG. 1, a direction in which the transfer means 120 extends is referred to as a first direction, and an up and down direction and a direction perpendicular to the first direction will be referred to as a second direction. Hereinafter, each part will be described in more detail.

The stacking means 110 receives the booklet 500 continuously and stacks the booklet 500 until it reaches a predetermined amount, and discharges the stack 510 of the booklets 500 when the predetermined amount of loading is completed. Here, the predetermined amount may be freely determined appropriately according to the intention of the designer or the user according to the specifications of the loading box 160 and the booklet 500, for example, may be 5/10. Here, the booklet 500 may be, for example, an electronic passport manufactured in the form of a booklet.

The conveying means 120 is formed in a caterpillar form and is connected to one end of the stacking means 110 to arrange the stacks 510 of the booklets 500 discharged from the stacking means 110 at equal intervals. Transfer it. Here, the caterpillar form may of course be a conveyor belt as shown in FIG. 1, but is not necessarily limited thereto. It may also include forms.

At this time, the transfer means 120 is preferably provided with a transfer means guide 121 extending in parallel with the first direction on both side surfaces of the transfer means 120. Since the conveying means guide 121 is provided, separation of the stacks 510 of the booklets 500 in the second direction may be prevented.

The conveying means 130 serves to take and convey the stack 510 of the booklets 500 reached when the stack 510 of the booklets 500 reaches the other end of the transport means 120. Do it. To describe the configuration of the conveying means 130 in more detail, the conveying means 130 is movable along the track 135, the conveying means main body 131 is provided to be able to move up and down, and the first direction Side by side with the conveying means hand 132 is provided on both sides of the conveying means main body 131 a pair is provided symmetrically. In FIG. 1, the track 135 is briefly expressed in a straight line, but the present invention is not limited to FIG. 1. The shape of the track 135 is a size of a space in which the automatic loading apparatus 100 of the present invention is installed. It may be appropriately determined depending on the type and the like.

In addition, the conveying means hand 132, the upper portion is connected to the conveying means main body 131 is provided to be movable along the up and down direction and the first direction, the lower conveying means main body 131 along the first direction The engaging portion 133 extending in a predetermined interval in the inner direction is formed. That is, the conveying means hand 132 descends toward the stack 510 with the opening in the first direction, and retracts along the first direction, so that the stack 510 of the stack 510 is caught by the catching portion 133. The lower part is caught so that the stack 510 can be stably held by the transport means hand 132.

In addition, the thickness detection sensor 134 for sensing the thickness of the stack 510 of the booklet 500 is preferably provided on the transport means body 131. The thickness sensor 134 may be implemented as a sensor such as a pressure sensor. Therefore, when the stack 510 is held by the transport means 130, it is possible to detect whether the stack 500 contains an appropriate number of booklets 500.

The arranging means 140 receives the stack 510 of the booklets 500 conveyed by the conveying means 130 and arranges them in a predetermined position. At this time, the arranging means 140 is provided with a arranging means main body 141 fixed on the ground, and the arranging means main body 141 is rotatable 90 deg. With a second axis as the center axis. It may comprise a placing means hand 142 for placing the stack 510 of the booklet 500 received from 130 on the ground. At this time, the disposing means hand 142 may be provided to be 180 ° rotatable around the direction perpendicular to the second direction.

2 and 3 show one embodiment of the placement means 140 in more detail. The disposing means hand 142 receives the stack 510 of the booklets 500 from the conveying means 130, and rotates about 90 ° with a central axis as shown in the second direction. When the booklet 500 is stacked, the bookshelves are stacked so that they can be seen forward or backward, and the stack 510 is now placed so that the booklets are seen above or below. At this time, when the disposing means hand 142 is rotated 180 degrees with a direction perpendicular to the second direction as the central axis, the direction of the stack 510 may be changed. That is, for example, the book lamp may be placed upward, and the book lamp may be placed downward (by the disposition means hand 142 rotating 180 ° with the center axis perpendicular to the second direction). When the book parts are all loaded in the same direction, since the book parts are more rigid in the book-shaped object, the stiffness distribution of the collection of the loaded booklets may be non-uniform. It is possible to make the stiffness distribution of the aggregate of loaded booklets even more uniformly by allowing the back light to be placed upside down or freely and automatically performed.

The retracting means 150 takes the stack 510 of the booklets 500 arranged by the placing means 140 and inserts the stack 510 of booklets 500 into the stacking box 160. It plays a role. In more detail, the retracting means 150 is connected to the retracting means hand 151 and the retracting means hand 151 which hold the stack 510 of the booklet 500 arranged by the placing means 140. And a retracting means robot arm 152 for retracting the stack 510 of the booklet 500 at a predetermined position of the stacking box 160. In FIG. 1, the retraction means robot arm 152 is simply illustrated in the form of a simple arm following an orbit, but of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the retraction means robot arm may be located according to the position of the loading box 160. 152 may be implemented in a form that can be freely adjusted in position and direction because it has several joints at the same time along the track.

At this time, the insertion means guide 153 is disposed on the loading box 160 to guide the position where the stack 510 of the booklet 500 is loaded by the insertion means robot arm 152. More preferred. 4 shows the loading box 160 and the retraction means guide 153 in more detail.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, as well as the scope of application, and anyone of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made.

100: automatic loading device 110 of the invention
120: transfer means 121: transfer means guide
130: conveying means 131: conveying means main body
132: transport means hand 133: engaging portion
134: thickness detection sensor 135: orbit
140: deployment means
141: placement means main body 142: placement means hand
150: inlet means 151: inlet means hand
152: retracting means robot arm 153: retracting means guide
160: loading box
500: booklet 510: stack of (booklets)

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Stacking means (110) for continuously receiving the booklet (500) and stacking it until a predetermined amount is determined, and discharging the stack (510) of the booklets (500) when the loading of the predetermined amount is completed;
Transport means 120 formed in the form of a caterpillar is connected to one end of the stacking means 110 to arrange and transport the stack 510 of the booklets 500 discharged from the stacking means 110 at equal intervals );
Conveying means (130) for picking up and conveying the stack (510) of the booklets (500) reached when the stack (510) of the booklets (500) reaches the other end of the conveying means (120);
Arrangement means (140) for receiving the stack (510) of the booklets (500) conveyed by the transport means (130) and placing them in a predetermined position;
Retracting means (150) for taking the stack (510) of the booklets (500) arranged by the placing means (140) and inserting the stack (510) of the booklets (500) into a stacking box (160);
Automatic loading device of a booklet comprising a.
The method of claim 1 wherein the transfer means 120
When the advancing direction of the transfer means 120 is a first direction, an up-down direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is called a second direction,
On both sides of the conveying means 120, the conveying means guide 121 is formed to extend in parallel with the first direction to prevent separation of the stack 510 of the booklets 500 in the second direction is provided with Booklet's automatic loading device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the conveying means 130
When the advancing direction of the transfer means 120 is a first direction, an up-down direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is called a second direction,
A transport means main body 131 which is movable along the track 135 and is movable up and down,
Carrying means hand 132, a pair is provided symmetrically to each other on both sides of the carrying means main body 131 parallel to the first direction
Including but not limited to,
The conveying means hand 132, the upper portion is connected to the conveying means main body 131 is provided to be movable along the up and down direction and the first direction, the lower portion inside the conveying means main body 131 in the first direction Automatic loading device of a booklet, characterized in that the engaging portion 133 is formed extending in a predetermined interval in the direction.
The method of claim 3, wherein the conveying means 130
Automatic loading device of a booklet, characterized in that the thickness detecting sensor 134 for detecting the thickness of the stack (510) of the booklet 500 on the conveying means main body (131).
The method of claim 4, wherein the thickness sensor 134 is
Automatic loading device of the booklet, characterized in that implemented by a pressure sensor.
The method of claim 1 wherein the placement means 140
When the advancing direction of the transfer means 120 is a first direction, an up-down direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is called a second direction,
An arrangement means body 141 fixed on the ground,
The arrangement means main body 141 is provided so as to be rotated 90 degrees around the second axis as a center axis, and arranges the stack 510 of the booklet 500 received from the carrying means 130 on the ground. Means Hand (142)
Automatic loading device of a booklet comprising a.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the placement means hand 142 is
An automatic loading device of a booklet, characterized in that it is rotatably provided at 180 ° with a direction perpendicular to the second direction as a center axis.
The method of claim 1, wherein the retracting means (150)
An inlet means hand 151 for holding the stack 510 of the booklet 500 disposed by the placement means 140 and
An inlet means robotic arm 152 connected to the inlet means hand 151 for introducing the stack 510 of booklet 500 into a predetermined position of the stowage box 160.
Automatic loading device of a booklet comprising a.
The method of claim 8, wherein the retracting means (150)
An insertion means guide 153 disposed on the loading box 160 to guide a position where the stack 510 of the booklet 500 is loaded by the insertion means robot arm 152.
Automatic loading device of a booklet, characterized in that further comprises.

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